CGTalk - Ball Machine

Jero3D

11-15-2009, 01:37 AM

Hi everyone! I've just finished animating the first part of this animation. I wanted to put together all the exersices I've been learning and I came up with this idea. This is just the first part. I'm missing to animate the other half, but I want to finish with this one first. The idea is that the 2 things, the pendulum and the blue thing at the top, are machines. They are turned on when the pendulum hits the red button. That's not very noticeable, so I'm thinking in another way of showing it. Then, the pendulum has to throw all the balls in their corresponding basket. After some 10 balls, it confuses and throws one into the incorrect basket. So the ball machine goes mad and throws hundreds of balls and randomly, a really hard ball comes out form it and hits the pendulum and kind of kills it :P That's what I'm still missing to animate. Here is the animation:

http://www.opendrive.com/files/5757419_XntxX/animate%20-%20ball%20machine%20test%2002.mov

I can't find a frame counter for 3D Max 2010, if you know any please post it :D

Please critique!!!

Thanks in Advance,

Jero